vulnerability

Oracle Linux: CVE-2022-42703: ELSA-2023-1091: kernel security and bug fix update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Oct 9, 2022
Added
Mar 8, 2023
Modified
Dec 3, 2025

Description

mm/rmap.c in the Linux kernel before 5.19.7 has a use-after-free related to leaf anon_vma double reuse.
A memory leak flaw with use-after-free capability was found in the Linux kernel. The VMA mm/rmap.c functionality in the is_mergeable_anon_vma() function continuously forks, using memory operations to trigger an incorrect reuse of leaf anon_vma. This issue allows a local attacker to crash the system.

Solution

oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel
Title
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